CxOne Process Flow

Software Project Survival Guide

Overview
CxOne is a lightweight, adaptable, flexible process infrastructure that can be used on a variety of
projects. This CxOne process flow discusses how to use CxOne resources to run a project as de-
scribed in Steve McConnell’s Software Project Survival Guide (SPSG).

Background
The SPSG project is run using a staged delivery lifecycle in which the software progresses through
the waterfall model steps of defining the software concept, analyzing requirements, and creating an
architectural design. It then proceeds to do detailed design, coding, debugging, and testing within
each stage, creating a releasable product at the end of each stage.
Software
Concept

Requirements
Analysis

Architectural
Design

Stage 1: Detailed design, code, debug, test, and delivery

Stage 2: Detailed design, code, debug, test, and delivery

Stage n: Detailed design, code, debug, test, and delivery

Figure 1: Staged Delivery Lifecycle

How to Use
CxOne checklists, templates, and guides may be used to implement the project process outlined in
Software Project Survival Guide. This document contains a mapping of the relevant CxOne docu-
ments to SPSG on the basis of:
• Each chapter in SPSG
• Each topic discussed in SPSG
• The sequence of activities on project

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Materials by Chapter
CxOne materials are mapped to Software Project Survival Guide on a chapter by chapter basis.

Chapter Chapter Name CxOne Resources

6 Hitting a Moving Software Configuration Management Process Standard
Target
Change Control Plan Template and Checklist
7 Preliminary Planning Software Project Plan Guide, Template, and Checklist
Top 10 Risk List Pattern
Quality Plan Template and Checklist
Estimation Checklist
8 Requirements Devel- Requirements Standard
opment
Software Requirements Specification Template and Checklist
Business, Functional, and Non-Functional Requirements Checklists
Requirements Modeling Checklists
Windows User Interface Checklist
9 Quality Assurance Quality Plan Template and Checklist
Test Plan Template and Checklist
Review Standards, Templates, and Checklists
Software Problem Report and Change Request Checklists
10 Architecture Software Design Specification Guide, Template, and Checklist
11 Final Preparations Estimation Checklist
12 Beginning of Stage Software Project Plan Guide, Template, and Checklist
Planning
Top 10 Risk List Pattern
Quality Plan Template and Checklist
Estimation Checklist
13 Detailed Design Design Templates and Checklists
14 Construction Construction Standard, Templates, and Checklists
15 System Testing Test Case Specification Template and Checklist
Test Summary Report Template and Checklist
Software Problem Report and Change Request Checklists
16 Software Release Release Sign-Off Template
Release Checklist
17 End of Stage Wrap- Software Project Log Template and Checklist
Up
18 Project History Software Project History Template and Checklist

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Materials by Topic
CxOne materials are mapped to Software Project Survival Guide on a topical basis.

Topic CxOne Resources

Project Planning Project Charter Guide, Template, and Checklist
Software Project Plan Guide, Template, and Checklist
Top 10 Risk List Pattern
Estimation Checklist
Configuration Man- Software Configuration Management Process Standard
agement/Change Con-
Change Control Plan Template and Checklist
trol
Software Problem Report and Change Request Checklists
Requirements Devel- Requirements Standard
opment
Software Requirements Specification Template and Checklist
Business, Functional, and Non-Functional Requirements Checklists
Requirements Modeling Checklists
Windows User Interface Checklist
Quality Assurance Quality Plan Template and Checklist
Test Plan Template and Checklist
Review Standards, Templates, and Checklists
Architecture Software Design Specification Guide, Template, and Checklist
Detailed Design Design Templates and Checklists
System Testing Test Case Specification Template and Checklist
Test Summary Report Template and Checklist
Software Problem Report and Change Request Checklists
Software Release Release Sign-Off Template
Release Checklist
Process Improvement Software Project Log Template and Checklist
Software Project History Template and Checklist

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Materials by Software Project Survival Guide Workflow

Figure 2 and Figure 3 outline the workflow for the initial planning and stages on a software project
as run using the Software Project Survival Guide. CxOne materials are then mapped to each work-
flow.

[Business planning
not complete]
Project Charter Business Planning

[Project planning
not complete]
Project Plan Supporting Plans

[Requirements not
sufficiently
Requirements
complete to begin
Architecture]

[Requirements
and
Architecture
not complete]

Requirements Architecture

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Figure 2: Initial Planning Workflow

The following CxOne materials support the initial planning phase.

Business Planning
• Project Charter Guide, Template, and Checklist

Project Planning
• Software Project Plan Guide, Template, and Checklist
• Top 10 Risk List Pattern
• Estimation Checklist
• Software Configuration Management Process Standard
• Change Control Plan Template and Checklist
• Software Problem Report and Change Request Checklists

Requirements
• Requirements Standard
• Software Requirements Specification Template and Checklist
• Business, Functional, and Non-Functional Requirements Checklists
• Requirements Modeling Checklists

Design
• Software Design Specification Guide, Template, and Checklist

Quality Assurance
• Quality Plan Template and Checklist
• Test Plan Template and Checklist
• Review Standards, Templates, and Checklists

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Stage Planning

[Not ready
for
Detailed Design Req Refinement
Construction]

Construction

[Stage
Review
functionality
Unit Test not complete]

Integration

System Testing

Final System Test

Figure 3: Stage Workflow

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The following CxOne materials support each stage.

Design
• Design Templates and Checklists

Construction
• Construction Templates and Checklists

Testing
• Test Case Specification Template and Checklist
• Test Summary Report Template and Checklist
• Software Problem Report and Change Request Checklists

Software Release
• Release Sign-Off Template
• Release Checklist

Process Improvement
• Software Project Log Template and Checklist
• Software Project History Template and Checklist

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